Albesiano confirms talks with Iannone and Petrucci

Aprilia plans to keep Aleix Espargaró for 2019 and doesn’t exclude the continuity of Scott Redding despite wanting to give time to the british who is in the team for the first season. However, the italian’s director Romano Albesiano doesn’t hide that there are contacts with other riders of the squad for the vacancies next season.

While the stay of Espargaró is a well defined objective, as for Redding the Aprilia intends to give the rider the time needed to show his value: ‘We’re talking, especially with Aleix. We’d like to continue with him and in all likelihood we will. We want to give Scott time to prove himself’, Albesiano told GPOne.

On the other hand, the official confirmed that the Noale team has talks with other riders, including Andrea Iannone and Danilo Petrucci – about whom he was questioned: ‘I don’t deny that we’re speaking with various riders, including the two you mention. I think the situation is currently being held up by a few important names, once they move everything will fall into place. We’re preparing’.